One day last winter the power went out, and on that day it just so happened to be a -15 degrees outside.
When I woke up the house was freezing. I didn’t have the motivation to do anything.
All I wanted to do was stay in bed and cozy up to my wife.
But I needed to get up… school had been closed for the day and my kids were going to get up soon.
Did I have the motivation to get out of bed and start a fire in the fireplace… NO!
That was the last thing I wanted to do. It required me to go out into the bitter cold and grab some wood, chop it and get the fire going.
If you know me very well, you know that I absolutely hate the cold.
I would rather be in 120 degree weather over 40 degree weather… let alone -15!
But you know what… I went and did it. Not because of motivation…but because of the responsibility to take care of my family.
Motivation Shouldn’t Stop Us!
In life we have moments of motivation, but most of the time we don’t. This shouldn’t stop us from succeeding.
In today’s video I’ll teach you how to get your workout in and keep your fat loss going without being motivated… Heck… I’m rarely motivated to workout and eat right.
What are your thoughts?
Have you every had a moment of no motivation but still did what you needed to do to succeed?
Have you ever started something without motivation and saw your motivation increase as you did the activity?
One of the best ways that I have been able to increase my motivation is through Visualizing.
Here is what I do. I create a vision of where I want to be in my life. It isn’t a perfect vision, I actually make sure to add flaws in to help me learn how to overcome them.
Every day I spend about 5-10 minutes sitting and running through that vision. I allow myself to feel the emotions of succeeding. This instantly increases my level of motivation and gets me going.
What do you do to help yourself increase your motivation?